Andrea Nevel, 7, right, reads Thursday about trees, played by Landon Courtney, 7, third from right,

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Andrea Nevel, 7, right, reads Thursday about trees, played by Landon Courtney, 7, third from right, and Kathy Gomez, 7, left, benefiting animals such as bunnies, played by Mayra Arroya, 7, second from left, squirrels, played by Shivali Srivastava, 7, third from left, and snakes, played by Evelyn Sanchez, 7, at Mathias Elementary School.